Saturday, December 22, 2018

All three cards use the flowers from the Bixby Arch die! The first one, I die cut a BUNCH of flowers in two shades of pink, and adhered them together with tiny glue dots. I then adhered the adhered flowers to a die cut heart from the Ornate Love die set. I dotted all the centers with white Tonic Crystal drops. I then adhered the whole heart to the stamped and die cut card panel. Here's a close up...

The second one, I made the flowers into daisies and used the stamped/die cut Ornate Love heart as a backdrop for the daisies...

I die cut and layered the flowers, added some stems made by simply finely cutting paper, and stems from the Bixby die. I stamped, die cut and layered the heart, as well as the sentiment. I added striped strips of paper on the top and bottom to center the heart and sentiment. Here's a close up...

The third one was an experiment! I wondered what it would be like to fill up a layered die cut with Tonic drops??!!...

I thought someone might want to know how I die cut this border of flowers...so here are some pics of my die cutting...

I centered the four flower die in the middle of the card panel...

This is the four flowers die cut...

To get the extra two flowers, I positioned the die over three of the already die cut flowers and die cut...

...making an exta flower on the right side.

Then, I placed the die over three of the already die cut flowers again, this time on the left side...

...and die cut, now having a full row of flowers!!

I made three more like these, and cut those three into strips. I adhered all three of the strips together with a uncut piece at the very bottom. I decided to try using my Tonic drops to fill them in, in lieu of paper, paint chips, or coloring/painting. It was fun!! I had to refill the flowers a second time, as the Tonic drops seemed to dissipate a bit when they dried. What was SO cool about the process is that when the drops dried, there were little lines in each of the flower's petals...not sure why, but way cool!!! Here's a close up...

I then adhered the Tonic Drop flower strips to the top panel, and added Jewel Tonic drops to the centers of each flower, and a small black dot in between each flower for some interest. The sentiment is from one of the new Simon stamp sets, So Loved...such lovely sentiment stamps!!

OK...this was so much fun...hope you are having a wonderful December and for those of you preparing for Christmas, that you have peace in your heart and home:)!!

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Okay...the story. I was trying to find a card I had made using a little girl sitting on a flower pot. I FINALLY found her, having made the card back in 2012. As I scrolled down, I found THIS post, and KNEW I had to try this again!! In Simon's latest release was this light bulb, with the PERFECT sentiment for this fun interactive card!! It DID take a little perfecting...but it's basically a stamp stamped on a piece of acetate(with stazon ink) and another of the same, stamped on cardstock, embossed, and colored. They are separated by a piece of white cardstock when you pull the two of them, the colored one is revealed behind the acetate one. Here's a 7 second video of me pulling it out...

Thursday, December 13, 2018

This is such a pretty die!! I used two shades of red and green paint chips, and after die cutting and layering the die cuts, added the colored paint chips. I used one of the sentiments from the Tiny Words stamp set to complete the card. Here's a close up...

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Simon Says Stamp has come out with a new release today, You Are Loved!! It is a beautiful release, filled with "love"ly stamps, dies, stencils and sequins that celebrate LOVE!! I have used a number of the new products to make three cards that celebrate the new release, and LOVE:)!!...

I made the first card a shaker card as when I read the name of the die, it was my first thought!! The die is Windows to My Heart. I also used the Quilted Hearts background stamp (I really "LOVE" this background stamp....the tiny hearts and the soft look it gives to a background....LOVE...just sayin!!), the Love Messages stamp set, and the Girl's Best Friend Sequins to make my shaker card! I stamped the background, die cut the hearts, and stamped the sentiment onto the card panel. I used double sided foam, and die cut the hearts from it. I added a piece of acetate to one side of the foam, and then adhered the acetate/foam to the card panel. I added the pretty sequins, then put a square of the hearted patterned paper on top of the other side of sticky foam. Here's a close up of the windows...

I used the white die cuts from the first card, to make another rainbow card, this time with layered hearts...

I used the same background stamp, sentiment stamp set, and patterned papers to make this, as well as the third card. I dotted a few of the hearts with Tonic Crystal drops. Here's a close up...

The third one, I did more of the same, but, as with the first two, the hearts are in another pattern...

I dotted ALL the hearts with Tonic Crystal drops and used the same sentiment as the first card. Here's a close up...

This release is full of love and full of fun, I am having so much fun!!!

Monday, December 10, 2018

I used the pretty new Simon Says Stamp Bixby Wreath die from their latest release, Diecember® to make a birthday card! I was asked to make a birthday card for someone who liked purple and glitter:)!!...

I embossed the die onto cardstock and used markers to color both the flowers and leaves. I die cut again on a full panel, and stamped the two small sentiments on the panel. I then die cut the wreath another time and adhered the two of them together, and then to the bottom colored panel. Here's a cloe up of the colored embossed wreath...notice the coloring doesn't need to be perfect...

I die cut the Simon Birthday sentiment die from a piece of cardstock that I had swiped the same two colors of markers on...a kind of ombre look. I die cut the sentiment a couple more times, and adhered the layers together. I then brushed on glitter with my Wink of Stella brush. Here's a close up...

Saturday, December 8, 2018

I used the cool new Simon Says Stamp Friend Outline die from the Diecember® release, to make a card that I hope will make a friend happy!! Who couldn't use some happy, after all?!!...

I used the Simon Mod Stripes stencil with some transluscent embossing paste to make a background for the fun sentiment! After spreading the paste, you need to let it dry for a number of hours. I took a picture with another view, so you could see the shiny lines...

I then die cut a circle from the embossed panel. Meanwhile, I die cut the FRIEND sentiment from white cardstock , and then from stripped patterned paper from Sunny Studio for the top layer of each layered letter. I made sure the inside of the letters was raised above the outlines...thought it looked kind of cool. I popped up and adhered the letters across the diameter of the circle after adding a sentiment stamped with versa mark and white embossed.

I then added three drops of Tonic Crystals for some interest ...

Oh, what fun...and yes, rainbows always make me happy...having so much fun with all the new Simon dies...make sure you check out DIECEMBER®, there is so much fun to be had over at Simon!!! Thanks for visiting me today!!
Hugs!! Lisa

Friday, December 7, 2018

Simon Says Stamp has just come out with a fantastic new release, Diecember®!! There are a number of very pretty flower dies, I'll call them the Bixby Collection, that are sweet, charming and very lovely!! I have made two cards with the first of the dies that I have had the chance to work with...the Bixby Border die...

I embossed the die on a card panel, and then colored with my Prismacolor markers. I then die cut two more of the dies, and adhered them together and then to the colored, embossed panel. I added a die cut and layered Thanks, and added a gingham border on the bottom. Here's a close up...

The second one is much like the first except using the die at a diagonal and adding a different Thanks....

I DID hand cut the embossed die cut and colored border, so I could add a polka dotted bottom panel. I colored the border of the "thanks" with the same marker I used for the leaves, so the colors would be coordinated. Here's a close up...

Oh my...what fun...I LOVE flowers...and with such sweet, pretty flowers, I think the Bixby dies may be my favorites of this new release!! Have some more on my desk at this writing...hope to have more to share with you tomorrow!! Thanks for visiting me today!!
Hugs!! Lisa

Thursday, December 6, 2018

The Wrought Iron Wide Border die from Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Diecember® is SO PRETTY!! I LOVE it's design!! I chose to use it on a card as it's name would suggest, to look like wrought iron...

I die cut and layered the wrought iron die 3 times for depth, and combined the die cut with some of the Lawn Fawn rainbow patterned paper. I used a sentiment from the Simon Sentiments stamp set, that I thought went PERFECTLY with a wrought iron die cut!! Here's a close up...

I am having so much fun with this latest release...more tomorrow:):)!!!

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The new Diecember® Release over at Simon Says Stamp has some beautiful and fun dies...the one I chose to use today is just SWEET...well, that's what I made this die into:)...

When I first looked at the new Spinning Circle die, I saw peppermint candies!! I die cut in white and red, layered them and then wrapped the whole die with cellophane to make it a BIG piece of candy!! I used a sentiment from the Hello Beautiful stamp set which had a big Sweet sentiment. I also glossy accented the heart for added interest! I DID adhere one extra layer of white and not the red, to give the candy a little dimension. Here's a close up...

I am having so much fun with this new release...hope you will check it out over at SIMON:)!!

I used the Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter stamps/dies along with a Simply Winter Sentiments stamp set and a Simon Says Stamp sentiment to make three cards! I LOVE these stamps...they are adorable and make for some some Simply Sweet Winter andChristmas cards...

I stamped, die cut, and layered each of the cute images. I colored them with markers, and adhered them to the card, which had a stamped sentiment. Here's a close up...

I made gingerbread cookies...

I used some enamel accents to adorn their buttons, and adhered them to an embossed piece of cardstock. Here's a close up...

The last one, I opted for my much loved rainbow! It wasn't hard, as I had gotten some of the pretty new Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow Christmas paper...

I tried stamping the sentiment on a strip of paper, but opted to stamp it right on the patterned paper, despite the wonderful busyiness of the pattern...I just liked it better. Here's a close up...